Maples Fund Services, an independent global fund services provider and division of MaplesFS, has appointed Brendan Tyne as Head of Business Development for North America. Tyne brings over 20 years of experience in the asset management industry. He was most recently the Managing Director of the North American business of
Polaris Investment Advisory AG (Polaris), Zurich, has appointed Dr Hanspeter Bader, Baldomero Falcones, Dr Thomas Friese and Matthias Knab as Members of its Senior Advisory Board. “We are delighted to have gained such renowned and globally-networked experts for our company. With this step, we are substantiating our claim of having
KKR is teaming up with Ron Voigt, formerly an executive at Danaher Corporation, to work together to identify and acquire mid-market businesses in the industrials sector. Together with KKR, Voigt will focus on acquiring manufacturing businesses generating roughly USD25 to USD50 million of EBITDA. Once a company has been acquired,
APEXX, a single marketplace for global payments, has closed an initial seed funding round and been awarded a grant by Innovate UK, activity totalling USD4 million (GBP3.2 million). The round was led by Forward Partners, a top London-based VC which specialises in applied artificial intelligence (AI) and have previously invested in EmpowerRD,
Yukon Partners (Yukon) has held the final closing of Yukon Capital Partners III, and its associated parallel funds, at its hard cap of USD558.7 million in total capital commitments. Since its inception in 2008, Yukon has raised over USD1.2 billion in total capital commitments across three funds. Fund III will
The State Street Investor Confidence Index (ICI) for November 2017 decreased to 97.1, down 1.0 point from October’s revised reading of 98.1. The minor decline in global sentiment was driven largely by a 12.0 point drop in the European ICI to 81.0. By contrast, the North American ICI rose by
Nomura Holdings is extending its range of services by investing an initial JPY100 billion in establishing a new private equity business. Under the new business, Nomura will primarily provide equity to clients as a solution for business reorganisations and revitalisations, business succession as well as management buyouts. Effective 1
Audax Private Equity (Audax), has completed the sale of Astrodyne TDI to Tinicum and affiliated investment partnerships managed by Tinicum Incorporated (Tinicum). Founded in 1994, Astrodyne is a global developer and manufacturer of specialized power solutions for demanding applications focused in the advanced medical, military, aerospace, and industrial markets worldwide.
Finch Capital has led the Series A investments for two companies – an investment in Ayopop, an Indonesian mobile bill payment platform, and a EUR2 million investment in Ikbenfrits, a digital mortgage broker based in the Netherlands. Finch Capital will join both companies’ boards. From its offices in Amsterdam, London
Life Sciences venture capital firm Sofinnova Partners has appointed Maina Bhaman as Partner. Bhaman comes to Sofinnova Partners with a long track record as a successful healthcare investor. Prior to joining, she was Director of Healthcare Investment at Touchstone Innovations (formerly Imperial Innovations) in London (UK) since 2006. She has
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